We build applications from the ground up that empower people, and expand the mind.
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Data-driven user first design
We build secure, data‑driven experiences where privacy and usability go hand in hand. Our UX and
UI are shaped by real engagement insights and proven design patterns, ensuring every decision
balances scalability, trust, and user delight.
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Privacy
We treat data with the highest level of care. Every piece of information entrusted to us is
handled securely, used only for its intended purpose, and protected by industry‑standard
safeguards. We never compromise on privacy, and we are committed to transparency,
accountability, and continuous improvement in how we protect the people who rely on us.
KEEPING SHOP
Led by Marc, and accompanied by a handful of 10x'er AI experts on demand
24x7x365...
Building great outcomes starts with passion,
expertise, and experience — and AI elevates those human strengths farther than ever before.
In addition to his own inventions, he chaired his organization’s patent committee,
driving the filing of several times more patents for his teams and shaping a deep,
strategically valuable IP portfolio—one designed both to create hard‑to‑replicate
offensive positions and to provide meaningful defensive leverage in cross‑licensing
negotiations. During this period, as Microsoft’s legal organization expanded
significantly in the post‑antitrust era, he played a behind‑the‑scenes role in reshaping
how attorneys and engineering teams worked together—helping shift legal’s posture from
one of constraint to one of strategic enablement. This alignment transformed two
initially misaligned groups into a synergistic force that protected innovation,
amplified long‑term product value, and freed engineers to focus on creative, high‑impact
work. He also served on company‑wide patent‑pool acquisition diligence teams.
His two day deposition on several specific patents granted to him by the USPTO was
followed,
within a
quarter, by the settlement
of a longstanding patent dispute between Microsoft and
Alcatel Lucent — a case that had previously produced a $1.5B judgment against
Microsoft.
The final outcome, reached in 2008, was an undisclosed settlement representing only a
single digit percentage of that earlier amount; while specifics are confidential, the
resolution preserved value for Microsoft that exceeded his decades of salary by several
orders of magnitude.
He founded the Mobile Information Server effort, ultimately
producing the Exchange
ActiveSync (EAS) v1.0 protocol and IP
licensing that became a major
commercial and strategic win for Microsoft. What is now routine—email, calendar, and
contacts
anywhere, anyplace, anytime—was then the pioneering breakthrough that bridged data-bound
feature
phones over fragile, limited bandwidth, latency-ridden networks into the modern smartphone
age.
The core
AV team he founded, along with the security
technology they pursued, continues to provide a foundational role securing hundreds of
millions of (recent
tallies acrrue ~1.4B) Windows workstations. Further, backend integration extends the
protective impact
to countless
additional users across Microsoft's major global cloud services, including Outlook.com,
OneDrive, and Azure.
Today, Marc serves as the Director of Business Operations and
Shop
Foreman for KirPaint,
Inc.
He holds a B.A. in Economics from Duke University, where he
also rowed bow seat for their lightweight
8 crew. He's an avid diver having logged over 300 dives, or more than 9
days bottom time beneath seawater. In the time honored tradition of shade tree mechanic, he can
often be found
tinkering on his daily driver, or in
recent
months pulling a shot of espresso.
**Global impact, local focus, and an enduring drive to build what’s next... along with
knowing
sometimes
that requires rebuilding something timeless.**
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